Map Skills Vocab - World History

lines that run east and west, but measure north and south of the Equator

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

Lines that run north and south, but measure east and west of the Prime Meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

half of a sphere

• coordinates

• hemisphere

• latitude

a set of numbers that indicate (tells) a position

• hemisphere

• relative location

• coordinates

the location of a place in relation to its surroundings

• relative location

• absolute location

the exact location of a place

• relative location

• absolute location

an imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude

• absolute location

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

an imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude

• equator

• prime meridian

a tool that shows the distance on a map compared to the distance on the ground

• map scale

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

a circle showing the main directions

• compass rose

• map scale

• cardinal directions